Ex-police officer denies leaking confidential information to Proud Boys leader

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Source: AP

Updated 5:21 PM EST, December 6, 2024


WASHINGTON (AP) — A retired Washington, D.C., police officer charged with lying about his private communications with former Proud Boys national leader Enrique Tarrio testified on Friday that he never leaked sensitive police information to the far-right extremist group leader.

Taking the witness stand at his federal trial, former Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Shane Lamond said he was upset that a prosecutor labeled him as a Proud Boys “sympathizer” who acted as a “double agent” for the group after Tarrio burned a stolen Black Lives Matter banner in December 2020.

“I don’t support the Proud Boys, and I’m not a Proud Boys sympathizer,” said Lamond, whose bench trial started Monday and continues next week.

Tarrio, who testified on Thursday as a witness for Lamond’s defense, is serving a 22-year prison sentence for his role in a plot to use force to keep Donald Trump in the White House after the 2020 election. Tarrio previously was sentenced to more than five months in jail for burning the banner stolen from a historic Black church in downtown Washington and for bringing two high-capacity firearm magazines into the district.

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1. Background info on case.

According to the indictment, Lt. Shane Lamond (L) and Enrique Tarrio (R) communicated 1,000 times through various systems before and after 6 Jan 2021.

"The obstruction of justice charge carries a statutory maximum of 30 years in prison. Each charge for making a false statement carries a statutory maximum of 5 years in prison."

An indictment is merely an allegation, and all defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

Sources:

https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/mpd-lieutenant-charged-obstruction-justice-and-false-statements

https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/press-release/file/1584476/dl